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New Replacement Wheels

From new wheels and new tyres to wheel alignment (tracking) and wheel balancing we have all the car and van wheel services you will ever need to keep your car safe, legal and handling great. Our wheel specialists will help keep your car driving true and vibration free resulting in your car driving the way your manufacturer designed.

Top 3 Wheel Problems
  1. Physical Damage – Cracks, splits and chips eventually take their toll leaving your wheels looking tired and unloved.
  2. Wheel Alignment – Symptoms include scrubbing tyre sides, steering doesn’t center after turning or screeching when cornering or pulling to one side.
  3. Wheel Balancing – Vibrations through your steering wheel at various speeds are usually unbalanced wheels.

Wheel Alignment (Tracking)

illustration showing a vehicle with no body or chassis just the engine gearbox prop shaft differential and axles with a laser alignment system attached to the vehicle wheels and tyres showing the vehicle wheels are aligned where all the lasers converge onto a scale

Laser wheel alignment consists of your car having a device attached to each wheel which shines a laser beam of light which is focused using mirrors to measure your car wheels alignment. Manufacturers specify figures for front and back wheels and can either be toe in or toe out. If your wheels are out of line they are adjusted until they are at the recommended manufacturers settings. Your car steering and handling will feel better and will return to its central position after a turn without you having to feed it back.

Do I Need Laser Wheel Alignment?

illustration showing a vehicle with no body or chassis just the engine gearbox prop shaft differential and axles with a laser alignment system attached to the vehicle wheels and tyres showing the vehicle wheels are seriously out of alignment where all the lasers converge onto a scale

Does your car feel like it pulls to one side? Are your tyres wearing unevenly? Does your steering wheel not feed back to the center point on its own after a turn? If the answer to any of those questions is yes then you probably need your cars wheels aligning. Our illustration shows an exaggerated example of toe in and would seriously affect handling & tyre wear.

Wheel Balancing

What Is Wheel Balancing?

close up of garage wheel balancing equipment showing the digital display and its assorted coloured operational buttons as well as a vehicle wheel and tyre clamped to it

Wheel balancing is the process of achieving true wheel & tyre balance by the addition or subtraction of weights fixed around the wheel. The wheel is clamped to computerised balancing equipment which spins the wheel at various speeds and determines the positions and weights required to make the wheel balanced.

Why Do I Need Wheel Balancing?

Balanced Wheel
Unbalanced Wheel

If you have noticed vibrations through your seat or through the steering wheel you may need one or more of your cars wheels balancing. When your cars wheels rotate they will vibrate if the wheel is not properly balanced. This vibration is then amplified through the cars body and steering wheel. It can be at all speeds or just around a specific speed. This vibration can wear bearings and linkages prematurely so it is vital to ensure all your wheels are balanced. Hover over the above tyre’s to see our tyre and wheel balancing animations.

A Little About Us

Where Are We?

Our Sheffield garage is in Bradway right next to meadow head where we have been for over 35 years.

Our Customers Are Typically From
  1. Beauchief
  2. Bradway
  3. Greenhill
  4. Gleadless
  5. Greystones
  6. Jordanthorpe
  7. Low Edges
  8. Manor
  9. Manor Top
  10. Millhouses
  11. Norton
  12. Totley
  13. Woodseats
Need Wheel Alignment Or Wheel Balancing?

If you need wheel alignment, tracking or balancing for your vehicle and you live in the south of Sheffield please call us on: 0114 2363617 for Bookings.

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